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Vol 4 No 3, July 2004 - September 2004

ISSN 1445-7253

Current topics

  • New Medicare health checks for Indigenous Australians
    July 1, 2004 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 4 No 3, July 2004 - September 2004 |

    The following summary has been adapted from the 5 May 2004 Department of Health and Ageing media release Indigenous Australians continue to have a life expectancy approximately 20 years less than the community average. Regular health checks help reduce or prevent serious illness. The Australian Government has introduced a new Medicare funded health check for […]

  • Aboriginal Health Conference 2004 – Partnerships for Better Health
    July 20, 2004 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 4 No 3, July 2004 - September 2004 |

    The Aboriginal Health 2004 Conference – the third in a series of biennial conferences held in Perth, Western Australia – was conducted 1 – 2 July. The 2004 conference theme – Partnerships for Better Health – recognises the importance of various groups working together to improve the health of Aboriginal people. Conference delegates from across […]

  • Be Active Australia: A Health Sector Framework for Action 2005 – 2010
    August 23, 2004 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 4 No 3, July 2004 - September 2004 |

    The following summary has been adapted from the Be Active Australia section of the National Public Health Partnership website. The draft Be Active Australia – a National Physical Activity for Health Action Plan (now renamed Active Australia: A Health Sector Framework for Action 2005 -2010) was released in April 2004 for consultation. Consultations took place […]

  • Indigenous health initiatives win national awards
    September 9, 2004 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 4 No 3, July 2004 - September 2004 |

    The following summary has been adapted from the 24 August 2004 National Institute of Clinical Studies media release. The Cochrane Users Award was established by the National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS), Australia’s national agency for helping close gaps between best available evidence and current clinical practice. Among winners in the second annual award were: […]

Original articles (peer reviewed)

  • Type 2 diabetes and patterns of alcohol use in a Queensland Aboriginal community
    July 17, 2004 Posted in:

    Hilary Bambrick View PDF Abstract Objectives To assess patterns of alcohol consumption in people with and without diabetes. Methods Location was a large Aboriginal community in southeast Queensland. Participants with diagnosed diabetes were identified through the hospital database (49 women, 38 men), and never-diagnosed participants recruited through random household sampling (62 women, 55 men). Alcohol […]

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